Shelly Manne (June 11, 1920–September 26, 1984), born Sheldon Manne in New York, New York, was an American jazz drummer. He was frequently associated with West Coast jazz, but his broad range of contributions to music, not only jazz, showed that he could not be readily pigeonholed. June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... West coast jazz is a form of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles at about the same time as hard bop jazz was developing in New York City, in the 1950s and 1960s. ...

Family and origins

Manne's father and uncles were drummers, and in his youth he especially admired swing drummers Jo Jones and especially Dave Tough. He developed his art in the clubs of 52nd Street in New York in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in his early years performed and recorded with jazz stars like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, and Don Byas, as well as a number of musicians mainly associated with Duke Ellington, like Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. ... Jo Jones (October 11, 1911—September 3, 1985) (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz. ... Dave Tough(born April 26, 1907; died December 9, 1948) was a jazz drummer most associated with Dixieland jazz. ... 52nd Street, properly West 52nd Street, is a cross street in Manhattan in the Broadway district known as the street of jazz, the street that never sleeps or, simply, the street. The blocks of 52nd Street between 5th and 6th avenues were renowned in the mid 20th century for the... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1901 or 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1917 to July 8, 1971) was a swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet and Billie Holiday. ... Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912-August 24, 1972) was a popular African-American jazz musician born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United States. ... Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974), also known simply as Duke (see Jazz royalty), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. ... John Cornelius Johnny Hodges (b. ... Harry Carney (1910 - 1974) was a jazz baritone saxophone player best known for his 45 year tenure in Duke Ellingtons band. ... Lawrence Brown (1907-September 5, 1988) was a jazz trombonist from Kansas. ... Rex Stewart (1907–1967) was an American jazz cornetist best known for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra. ...

The bebop movement changed jazz in the 1940s. Excited by the new music, Manne developed his skills by performing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Around this time he also worked with rising stars like Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura, Lennie Tristano, and Lee Konitz. Bebop or bop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Charlie Parker Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ... Flip Phillips (February 26, 1915-August 17, 2001) was a jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player. ... Charlie Ventura was an American band leader. ... Leonard Joseph Tristano (1919 - 1978) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... Lee Konitz (born 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz composer and saxophone player. ...

Manne rose to stardom when he became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and, especially, Stan Kenton in the late 1940s and early 1950s, winning awards and developing a following at a time when jazz was still the most popular music in the United States. Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ...

West Coast

In the early 1950s, Manne left New York and settled permanently on a ranch in an outlying part of Los Angeles, California, where he and his wife raised horses. From this point on, he played an important role in the so-called West Coast school of jazz, performing on the Los Angeles jazz scene with Shorty Rogers, Hampton Hawes, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, Russ Freeman, Frank Rosolino, Chet Baker, Leroy Vinnegar, Pete Jolly, Howard McGhee, Bob Gordon, Conte Candoli, Sonny Criss, and numerous others. Many of his recordings around this time were for Lester Koenig's Contemporary Records, where for a period Manne had a contract as an "exclusive" artist (meaning that he could not record for other labels without permission). Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Shorty Rogers was a west coast jazz musician born April 14, 1924. ... Hampton Hawes (November 13, 1928 - May 22, 1977) was an African American jazz pianist. ... Keith Moore Mitchell (September 20, 1927, New York City - November 8, 1992, Salem, Oregon), better known as Red Mitchell, was an American jazz bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. ... Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. ... Russell Donald Freeman (1926 in Chicago, Illinois – 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a jazz pianist. ... Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 - November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist. ... The Chet Baker Monument in Amsterdam Chesney Henry Chet Baker Jr. ... Leroy Vinnegar was an American jazz bassist, known for his mastery of walking bass. ... Pete Jolly, born Peter Ceragioli Jr. ... Howard McGhee (b March 6, 1918 Tulsa, OK - d July 17, 1987 NYC) Bebob jazz trumpeter known for lightening fast fingers and very high notes. ... Assistant Corporate Director of the Canadian Communications Security Establishment, Bob Gordon is a former CSIS agent. ... Conte Condoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast of the US. He had played in the big bands of Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie. ... William Sonny Criss (October 23, 1927 - November 19, 1977) was an American jazz musician. ... Contemporary Records was a record label which was purchased by Fantasy Records in 1984. ...

Also at this time, and until the end of his career, Manne led a number of small groups that recorded under his name and leadership. One consisting of Manne on drums, trumpeter Joe Gordon, saxophonist Richie Kamuca, bassist Monty Budwig, and pianist Victor Feldman performed for three days in 1959 at the famous Black Hawk club in San Francisco. Their music was recorded on the spot, and four LPs were issued. These recordings, widely acclaimed and considered pioneering examples of jazz albums made from "live" recordings, were much later reissued on CD in augmented form. A trumpeter may be one of several things: A trumpeter is a musician who plays the trumpet. ... Joe Gordon can refer to different people: Joe Gordon, the American baseball player. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Paul Chambers, acclaimed jazz bassist A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... Monty Rex Budwig(Born December 26, 1926 in Pender, NE Died March 9, 1992) Monty Budwig was a West Coast jazz bassist(He moved to Los Angeles in 1954). ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... Victor Feldman (April 7, 1934 - May 12, 1987) was a British jazz musician. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ...

West Coast jazz

Many have debated the value of the music created at that time, in that place, and by those musicians. Some, perhaps not quite fairly, use "West Coast jazz" as a derogatory term. The early 1950s in Los Angeles saw considerable experimentation, some of it attempting new ways of combining jazz with European classical music. Some of the recording sessions, in many of which Manne participated, produced music that came off as overly cerebral, feeding the critics with reasons to dismiss all jazz produced on the West Coast. West coast jazz is a form of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles at about the same time as hard bop jazz was developing in New York City, in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...

Tending to link Manne with West Coast jazz in another less than complimentary sense was the series of albums he recorded with pianist André Previn and with members of his groups, based on music from popular Broadway shows, movies, and television programs. (The first and most famous of these was the one based on My Fair Lady, recorded with Previn, Manne, and bassist Leroy Vinnegar in 1956.) The music – with each album devoted to a single show – was improvised in the manner of jazz, but always in a light, immediately appealing style aimed at popular taste. Not that this music was necessarily bad, but it did not always go over well with aficionados of "serious" jazz music, which may be one reason why Manne has been frequently overlooked in accounts of major jazz drummers of the 20th century. Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... André Previn (born April 6, 1929)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe. ... Leroy Vinnegar was an American jazz bassist, known for his mastery of walking bass. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

West Coast jazz, however, represented only a small part of his playing. In Los Angeles and occasionally returning to New York and elsewhere, Manne recorded with musicians of all schools and styles, ranging from those of the swing era through bebop to later developments in modern jazz.

Collaborations

The roster of those whose music Manne enhanced with his subtle, sensitive, and creative percussion is mind boggling. Many old 78-rpm recordings he appeared on were never transferred to other media and are nearly impossible to find. He also appears to have participated in countless unrecorded performances. But even those recordings that were issued as long-playing records over the course of many decades and are still to be found number in the hundreds, perhaps thousands. According to the jazz writer Leonard Feather, Manne's drumming had been heard on well "over a thousand LPs" — a statement that Feather made in 1960, when Manne had not reached even the midpoint of his 45-year-long career. Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914– 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

An extremely selective list of those with whom Manne performed would have to include Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Clifford Brown, Zoot Sims, Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Wardell Gray, Lionel Hampton, Junior Mance, Jimmy Giuffre, and Stan Getz. In the 1950s, he recorded two solid albums with Sonny Rollins and, in the 1960s, two with Bill Evans. Around the same time in 1959, Manne recorded with the traditional Benny Goodman and the radical and iconoclastic Ornette Coleman. That he fitted comfortably into a supportive role appropriate to each highlights his extreme versatility. Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, better known as Earl Hines or Fatha Hines (28 December 1903 near Pittsburgh – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was a prominent jazz pianist. ... Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly-rated American jazz trumpeter. ... John Haley Zoot Sims was an American jazz musician. ... Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909–September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Walter Maynard Ferguson (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian-born jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Lionel Hampton with George W. Bush Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. ... Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. ... James Peter Giuffre (born in Dallas, Texas, 1921) is an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player. ... Stan Getz Stanley Getz, better known as Stan Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz musician. ... An early Rollins picture graces the cover of Volume One Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... William John Evans, (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 22, 1964: Benny Goodman at the Tokyo Okura Hotel, at the start of a Japan tour Benny Goodman, born BenÅ‘ Guttman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician of Jewish-Hungarian descent, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, The Professor, and Swing... Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. ...

One example of Manne's ability to transcend the narrow borders of any particular school is the series of trio albums he recorded with guitarist Barney Kessel and bassist Ray Brown as "The Poll Winners". (They had all won numerous polls conducted by the popular publications of the day; the polls are now forgotten, but the albums remain available, now reissued on CD, demonstrating the lasting value of the music.) Manne even dabbled in Dixieland and fusion, as well as "Third Stream" jazz. He participated in the revival of that precursor to jazz, ragtime (he appears on several albums devoted to the music of Scott Joplin), and sometimes recorded with musicians best associated with European classical music. He always, however, returned to the mainstream jazz he loved best. Barney Kessel (17 October 1923 - 6 May 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. ... Raymond Matthews (Ray) Brown (October 13, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania– July 2, 2002) was an American jazz bassist. ... Dixieland music is a style of jazz. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... see Third Stream ... Second edition cover of Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the most famous rag of all Ragtime is an American musical genre enjoying its peak popularity between 1899–1918. ... Scott Joplin (born between June 1867 and January 1868 [1] – died April 1, 1917) was a black musician and composer of ragtime music. ...

In addition to Dave Tough and Jo Jones, Manne admired and learned from contemporaries like Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, and later from younger drummers like Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. Consciously or unconsciously, he borrowed a little from all of them, always searching to extend his playing into new territory. Dave Tough(born April 26, 1907; died December 9, 1948) was a jazz drummer most associated with Dixieland jazz. ... Jo Jones (October 11, 1911—September 3, 1985) (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz. ... Jazz in 3/4 time cover released in 1957 on EmArcy Maxwell Lemuel Roach (born January 10 (according to the official records, though his family claims January 8), 1924)to parents Alphonse and Cressie Roach. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. ... Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. ...

Despite these and numerous other influences, however, Shelly Manne's style of drumming was always his own — personal, precise, clear, and at the same time multilayered, using a very broad range of colors. Manne was often experimental, and had participated in such musically exploratory groups of the early 1950s as those of Jimmy Giuffre and Teddy Charles; yet he never neglected that element usually considered fundamental to all jazz: time.

Whether playing Dixieland, bebop, or avant-garde jazz, in big bands or in small groups, Manne never forgot to make the music swing. At the same time, always cited by his fellow musicians for listening appreciatively to those around him, he was ultra-sensitive to the needs and the nuances of the music played by the others in the band. His constant goal was to make them – and the music as a whole – sound better, rather than calling attention to himself with overbearing solos. Avant-jazz (also known as avant-garde jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music and composition with elements of traditional jazz. ...

Manne didn't have to play in a powerhouse style to be creative. In 1957, the noted critic Nat Hentoff called Manne one of the most "musical" and "illuminatively imaginative" drummers. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Bob Cooper called him "the most imaginative drummer I've worked with". In later years this kind of appreciation for what Manne could do was echoed by jazz notables like Louie Bellson, John Lewis, Ray Brown, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and numerous others who had worked with him over the decades. Composer, arranger, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Benny Carter is on record as having been "a great admirer of his work". "He could read anything, get any sort of effect", said Carter, who worked closely with Manne over many decades. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nat Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American civil libertarian, free speech absolutist, pro-life advocate, anti-death penalty advocate, jazz critic, historian, biographer and anecdotist, and columnist for the Village Voice, Legal Times, Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher, Free Inquiry and Jewish World Review. ... Robert B. Cooper is a U.S. electronics journalist specialising in CATV, and long distance terrestrial and satellite TVRO television reception. ... Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (born in Rock Falls, Illinois 1924), who performs as Louie Bellson, is an American jazz drummer. ... John Aaron Lewis (3 May 1920 – 29 March 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. ... Harry Sweets Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. ...

Singers

That acclaim was echoed by singers as well. Jackie Cain, of the vocal team of Jackie and Roy (Roy being her husband Roy Kral), claimed that she had "never heard a drummer play so beautifully behind a singer". And play behind singers he did, recording several albums with that husband-and-wife team, with their contemporary June Christy, and with Helen Humes, originally made famous by her singing with the Count Basie orchestra. June Christy (born November 25th, 1925 - June 21st, 1990) was an American Jazz Singer popular in the 1950s. ... Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 - September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Over decades, Manne recorded additional albums, or sometimes just sat in on drums here and there, with renowned vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Blossom Dearie, and Nancy Wilson. Not all the singers Manne accompanied were even primarily jazz artists. Performers as diverse as Teresa Brewer, Leontyne Price, Tom Waits, and even Barry Manilow, attempting to infuse their style with a feeling of jazz, included Manne in their recording sessions for the expert, sensitive, and jazz-oriented setting that he could provide. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was an American singer, considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century, alongside Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. ... Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999) was a jazz and standards singer with a light, high-tenor voice. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was a popular and highly acclaimed male vocalist and actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... Blossom Dearie (born on April 28, 1926 in East Durham, New York) is an American jazz singer. ... Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an African-American singer whose sixty-plus albums have blended jazz and pop music. ... A drawing of Teresa Brewer on the cover of her 1991 collection 16 Most Requested Songs Teresa Brewer (born as Theresa Breuer, May 7, 1931) is a United States singer. ... Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American opera singer (soprano). ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his hit recordings I Write The Songs, Mandy and Copacabana (At The Copa). Manilow dominated the charts for much of the 1970s with a string of major...

Film and television

In addition to performing live and in studio recordings with these vocalists and with innumerable jazz instrumentalists, including his own small groups, from the 1950s through the early 1980s, Manne contributed his percussive effects to the soundtracks of literally hundreds of films and television programs. Many were obscure, others were scored by well-known composers like André Previn, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams — the list, like that of the jazz musicians he performed with, goes on and on. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ... Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer best known for his work writing music for film and television. ... Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. ... Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra during the recording of the score for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ...

By this means, Manne's drumming became an integral part of the musical background of the popular culture of several decades, and made its way into the ears and hearts of thousands who would never recognize his name. Occasionally, he composed his own music for television (e.g., Daktari, 1966–1969), and the films (Young Billy Young, 1969). Daktari was a 1960s TV series about a veterinarian named Dr. Marsh Tracy, his daughter Paula and his staff in a wildlife preservation place named Wameru in the wilderness of East Africa (most likely Kenya). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Young Billy Young is a 1969 western movie starring Robert Mitchum and featuring Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker, Jr. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

A star in Stan Kenton's famous orchestra in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as that of Woody Herman, also in the 1940s, and winner of numerous awards, Manne slipped from public view as jazz became less central in popular music. After a stint as part owner of a nightclub in the 1960s and early 1970s in Los Angeles, Manne refocused his attention on his own drumming. It might be argued that he never played with more taste, refinement, and soulful swing than in the 1970s, when he recorded numerous albums with musicians like trumpeter Red Rodney, pianist Hank Jones, saxophonists Art Pepper, Lew Tabackin, and Bud Shank, composer-arranger-saxophonist Oliver Nelson, and his own groups. Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927–May 27, 1994), who performed as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. ... Born July 31, 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Hank Jones grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, and Art Tatum. ... Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. ... Lew Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) is a jazz flutist and a tenor saxophonist. ... Bud Shank is an American saxophonist. ... Oliver Nelson (1932–1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, and composer. ...

In the 1980s, Manne continued to record with such stars as trumpeter Harry Sweets Edison, saxophonist Zoot Sims, guitarists Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, and pianist John Lewis (famous as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet). The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Harry Sweets Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. ... John Haley Zoot Sims was an American jazz musician. ... Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a virtuoso jazz guitarist. ... Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (born in 1921) is an American jazz guitarist. ... John Aaron Lewis (3 May 1920 – 29 March 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. ... The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano, musical director), Percy Heath (bass), and Kenny Clarke (drums). ...

Meanwhile, he continued to record with his own groups. Of these, just one representative example is a live concert recorded at the Los Angeles club "Carmelo's" in 1980 with pianists Bill Mays and Alan Broadbent and bassist Chuck Domanico. With their enthusiasm and spontaneity, and the sense that the audience in the intimate ambience of the club is participating in the music, these performances share the characteristics that had been celebrated more than two decades before in the better-known Black Hawk performances. Although this phase of his career has frequently been overlooked, Manne, by this time, had greatly refined his ability to back other musicians sympathetically, yet make his own musical thoughts clearly heard. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Willliam Allen Mays(February 5, 1944) is a jazz pianist from Northern California who is normally referred to as Bill Mays. ... Alan Broadbent is a jazz pianist born April 23, 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Manne was sometimes underrated as a serious jazz musician because of his heavy load of Hollywood studio work. Even in lackluster films, he nevertheless often succeeded in making art of what might be called hackwork. Still, for all his tireless work in the studios, Manne's labor of love was his contribution to jazz as an American art form, to which he had dedicated himself since his youth and continued to work at almost to the last day of his life.

Manne died somewhat before the popular revival of interest in jazz had gained momentum. But shortly before his death in Los Angeles in 1984, his immense contribution to the music regained some recognition at least locally. In his last few years, Manne became effectively the King of Jazz in California. Two weeks before his sudden death of a heart attack, he was honored by the City of Los Angeles in conjunction with the Hollywood Arts Council when September 9, 1984 was declared "Shelly Manne Day." 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Brand, Jack. Shelly Manne: Sounds of the Different Drummer (Percussion Express, 1997)
• Gioia, Ted. West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945-1960 (Oxford University Press, 1992)
• Gordon, Robert. Jazz West Coast: The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s (Quartet Books, 1986)
• Strain, James. "Shelly Manne" (Web Site of the Percussive Arts Society [1])

Selected discography

(dates are those of the original recordings)

Shelly Manne's own groups

• Shelly Manne & His Men, The West Coast Sound (1953-55, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Swinging Sounds (1956, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, More Swinging Sounds (1956, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne, My Fair Lady (1956 Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne, Li'l Abner (1957 Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & Friends, Bells are Ringing (1958, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, The Gambit (1958, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, At The Black Hawk (5 CDs, 1959, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (1959, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, At The Manne Hole (2 CDs, 1961, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne, Steps to the Desert (1962 Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Boss Sounds! (1966, Atlantic)
• Shelly Manne, Daktari (1967, Contemporary)
• Shelly Manne, Perk Up (1967; released 1977, Concord)
• Shelly Manne, Double Piano Jazz Concert at Carmelo's (2 CDs, 1980, Trend)

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With others

• Sonny Rollins, Way Out West (1957, Contemporary)
• Benny Carter, Jazz Giant (1957, 1958, Contemporary)
• Howard McGhee, Maggie's Back in Town (1961, Contemporary)
• Bill Evans, Empathy and A Simple Matter of Conviction (2 LPs [1962 and 1966] reissued on one CD, Verve)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Whisper Not (1967, Verve)
• Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun (1969, Prestige)
• Art Pepper, Living Legend (1975, Contemporary)
• The Three, The Three with Joe Sample and Ray Brown (1975, EastWind; reissued 2005, Test of Time)
• Hank Jones, Just for Fun (1977, Galaxy)
• Itzhak Perlman, André Previn, Jim Hall, and Red Mitchell, A Different Kind of Blues (1980, Jazz)
• The John Lewis Group, Kansas City Breaks (1982, Finesse)
• Bill Mays Quintet, Tha's Delights (1983, Trend)